Improvement in sand-bands for vehicle-hubs



E. P. BROWN. SAND-BANDS FDR VEHICLE HU'BS.

No. 195,746. Patented Oct.2,1877.

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WITNESSES IN ENTOR N-PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON 0 C UNITEDSTATES PATENT OE IoE.

ERASTUS P. BROWN, OF FABWELL, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAND-BANDS FOR VEHlCLE-HUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,746, dated October:2, 1877; application filed August 25, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERASTUS P. BROWN, of Farwell, in the county of Clareand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sand Stops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable protection to theaxle-arms of vehicles, the details of which will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a section of a hub and axle-armwith my sandstop attached, and Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of thesame.

a is the hub. It is constructed with an extension, 0, on its inner end,forming a recess or chamber, 0, into which is fitted snugly the collar don the axle-arm f. e is the hub-band. It is secured to the inner end ofthe hub a, and on the outer side of the extension 0. f is the axle-arm.g is the sand-stop, which is a disk placed upon the axle-tree behind thecollar d, and is separated from the latter by the narrow flange h, so asto provide an intermediate dirtchamber, c. It has a groove, is, on itsperiphery. It is larger in diameter than the collar d, and fits snuglyinto the end of the hub-band e, as shown.

In the operation of my device the groove k is a receptacle for dirt orother foreign matters that may pass the outer periphery of the sandstop.

The chamber i extends from the flange h outward. It passes thecircumference of the collar d, and along the end of the extension 0 t0the hub-band c.

Any dirt that passes beyond the groove is will find its Way into theouter portion of this chamber, will come in contact with the ends of theextension 0, and will be forced downward into the lower portion of thechamber, and onto the flange h, where it will remain, being lower thanthe collar (1.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, with the axle-arm f, constructed with a collar, d, huba, constructed with the extension 0, providing a chamber, 0', andhub-band e, of the disk g, fitting snugly within the end of the hub-bande, and constructed with the groove is and flange h, and secured to theaxle-tree, so as to provide a chamber, "5, between it and the collar dand ends of the extension 0, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ERASTUS P. BROWN. Witnesses:

THEODORE W. SAWYER, HENRY TREVIDICK.

